Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

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After Grunge blew up in the early 1990s, the walls between mainstream rock and the

alternative universe crumbled completely. What other music had been hiding in plain sight?

Well, there was goth and industrial and various forms of electronica.

And there was all this punk rock.

I mean, tons of it.

All different flavors, too.

There was pop punk, punk, punk, hardcore, garage punk, glam punk, queer core, riot girl, scah punk.

Punk had always been there, waiting to be discovered by a

whole new generation. And finally, in the 90s, the time was right. There was Green Day, there was

offspring, there was rancid, there was also sublime and no doubt in 311, no effects, pennywise,

and bad religion. Some of these bands were brand new,

but others had been doing their thing for quite some time. A lot of the big action seemed to be

centered in California, Orange County, the Bay Area. But down in the skate park suburbs of San Diego,

something began brewing that would end up being responsible for selling 35 million records.

These guys went from zero to worldwide superstars and then almost back to zero again before

clawing back.

This is part one of the rise and fall and rise of Blink 182.

This is the ongoing history of new music,

the podcast edition with Alan Cross.

I said, settle down, everything is fine, take your eyes off the floor.

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